In the much-talked-about tax assessor-collector race, Karen Hood posted a victory of 6 percentage points over former office mate Manny Natividad. Hood finished the night with 53.09 percent of the 11,997 votes cast.

Also, David Lindemood finished with a commanding margin of victory over Matthew Blair in the 381th District Court race. Lindemood collected 62.41 percent of the vote. James Beauchamp is headed to another term as Republican Party chair. Beauchamp collected 65.48 percent of the vote.